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A Light bulb moment!

Ready Steady Light 2010.

Light IQ joined in the fun at Rose Bruford College in Kent.

Now in its seventh year, the 'Ready Steady Light' competition has developed into one of the 'must attend' events in the Society of Light and Lighting's busy calendar.

There was no specific theme given to each team, other than to interpret the landscape and use only lighting effects without any props. Each team was allocated a site, a selection of light fittings and three hours to complete an inspirational lighting installation.

The enthusiasm, vision and ingenuity expressed by the teams in adapting the limited equipment at their disposal to achieve their aims was inspiring; creating friendly competition and team spirit.

A tiring, but interesting afternoon and evening was enjoyed by the team at Light IQ.

Ready Steady Light
The Society of Light and Lighting
Rose Burford College

The Lighting Design Awards

The most prestigious architectural lighting competition in the world, The Lighting Design Awards took place on the evening of March 11th 2010, at the London Hilton, Park Lane, to celebrate the cream of the industry's talent.

Lighting Design professionals gathered together for the annual event to celebrate some of the best project designs and designers in the industry and to see who has inspired the lighting design community over the past year.

There are fifteen categories in total and this year saw the launch of the Restaurants and Hotels category, introduced to reflect the growth in quality and quantity of the hospitality industry. We can all be sure that the future looks bright for Lighting Design.

The ballroom was filled with glorious, sparkly luminaires giving the evening an essence of glamour and excitement with Light IQ committed to enjoying themselves and having a great time.

A great evening was had by all the team!

Andromeda's Fluxus

Karim Rashid worked with the artist Michela Vanello whose inspiration and creative mind gave shape to the concept of the sculpture. Karim Rashid designed the Knit, with 80,000 individual hand-made glass elements to produce a unique glass sculpture, with an apparently fluid surface that seems to move and flow in the air. Its wave conceals an almost invisible mesh of 5,000 dot-like halogen bulbs that generate capillary lighting.

Technologically advanced objects of art cleverly conceal their mechanisms and connection systems and the intricately knitted mesh design of metal, plastic and glass creates a very modern strong and malleable material. A fabric of energy which covers 646 square feet and flows through points and lines to generate the expression of motion in space.

Andromeda: Fluxus
The White Gallery, Rome, Italy.
Karim Rashid and Michela Vianello

Design your own lamp shade

DESIGN YOUR OWN LAMPSHADE Your designs can be stuck onto sticky backed paper. You can use wallpaper, fabrics, photographs and more to create a completely unique and bespoke lampshade to match your home design.